The disgraced former Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris made his first appearance before a judge on Friday morning in an Oklahoma court, facing charges of sexual abuse of a child in the 1980s. Though Morris's appearance in the Osage County Courthouse in Pawhuska,

Robert Morris, the founder of Southlake-based Gateway Church, one of the nation's largest congregations, is scheduled to appear before a judge Friday in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on charges of sexually abusing a child in the 1980s . Authorities say the victim, Cindy Clemishire, was 12 when the alleged abuse began.

Robert Preston Morris, the founder of Dallas-area megachurch Gateway who is charged with child sex abuse, made an initial court appearance at the Osage County Courthouse on Friday. His preliminary hearing was set for Sept.